May 14, 2013
What’s in a name (change)?
TEXAS - The Office of Management and Budget has announced changes to the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) around the nation. Several Texas MSAs were impacted due to the new definitions,...
TEXAS – The Office of Management and Budget has announced changes to the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) around the nation. Several Texas MSAs were impacted due to the new definitions, which included MSA name changes and additions and omissions of counties in some of Texas’ MSAs.
Below is a Texas chart depicting the new definitions and how they changed from the last definition.
| MSA Name | Counties |
| Abilene | Callahan, Jones, Taylor |
| Amarillo | Armstrong, Carson, *Oldham, Potter, Randall |
| Austin-Round Rock** | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | Hardin, Jefferson, *Newton, Orange |
| Brownsville-Harlingen | Cameron |
| College Station-Bryan | Brazos, Burleson, Robertson |
| Corpus Christi | Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington |
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, *Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, *Somervell, Tarrant, Wise |
| El Paso | El Paso, *Hudspeth |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land** |
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Waller (San Jacinto dropped) |
| Killeen-Temple** | Bell, Coryell, Lampasas |
| Laredo | Webb |
| Longview | Gregg, Rusk, Upshur |
| Lubbock | Crosby, Lubbock, *Lynn |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | Hidalgo |
| Midland | *Martin, Midland |
| Odessa | Ector |
| San Angelo | Irion, Tom Green |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels |
Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, Wilson |
| Sherman-Denison | Grayson |
| Texarkana | Bowie, Tex.; Miller, Ark.; * Little River, Ark. |
| Tyler | Smith |
| Victoria | Goliad, Victoria (Calhoun dropped) |
| Waco | *Falls, McLennan |
| Wichita Falls | Archer, Clay, Wichita |
*County names added.
**Bolded MSA names have changed since previous definition.
Read more at the United States Census Bureau.
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